Walker wrote:
If you knew you had only a week left would you spend it learning something new

No I would not because knowledge of my death would make it impossible to actually learn anything at all
I would need a longer time frame than that and so I could probably learn something if I had a year to live

Where a person is striving efficiently and optimally to align oneself to the above, then that is enough.

But what IS the above?

You NEVER informed us of what this actual "critical" information is. You just informed us that it was "critical" to Know.

If as you say, It is CRITICAL to 'Know Thyself' in terms of the generic human's meaning and purpose in life, then how about informing those of us who do NOT know of this, supposedly, CRITICAL information yet? What do you say, are you going to inform us? So, that each one can, as you say, "optimally align thyself to THAT, (what you may or may not inform us of).

We will just have to wait and SEE if you do give us this "critical" information and answer, or not.

Adding new information without a system in one´s mind is not as surprising and rewarding as exploring the contents of one´s mind (in slow motion) and making connections and if a new intriguing hypothesis shows up one can check it by research sharpened by this particular aim.

The knowledge in our minds is like a sand castle. The construction should have some plan and be decorated with stylish elements.
Otherwise it is just an ugly heap of sand.

Why post a limit? Why not learn what interests you and leave it at that?

Because ... over indulgence leads to imbalance, which distorts learning due to misuse and misunderstanding of knowledge, as illustrated with the water snake parable. Once knowledge serves its purpose then knowledge is no longer the purpose, as illustrated by the raft parable in which the unnecessary is discarded.

Understandable when advances in nutrition cause a typical one to weigh rather heavily on the arcane these days.

Quite true. I see you understand how the concept can relate to particle physics. It is essential to keep the idea pure so that its ramifications can only become obvious at the right time. In this way it cannot be taken lightly,

Understandable when advances in nutrition cause a typical one to weigh rather heavily on the arcane these days.

Quite true. I see you understand how the concept can relate to particle physics. It is essential to keep the idea pure so that its ramifications can only become obvious at the right time. In this way it cannot be taken lightly,

As does light, all short-timers reach the timeless view of no-time when knowledge suddenly empties like the proverbial straw that touched the camel’s back, or like a balloon one drop past the limit, or like a well-timed wafer-thin mint.